This Grandma Bea’s Immune Boost herbal tea blend is the daily-cup alternative to making elderberry syrup. The blend combines elderberries, ginger, echinacea, rose hips, cinnamon, orange peel, dandelion leaf, nettles, and oatstraw — a layered herbal formula designed for immune system support, particularly during cold and flu season.
To use: 2 teaspoons to 1 tablespoon of the herb blend per cup of boiling water. Cover the cup with a small plate or saucer and brew for 10-15 minutes (longer steeping extracts more of the herbal compounds — important for immune-support teas vs. flavor-only teas). Strain, add honey if desired, and drink hot. One cup per day is the standard immune-support routine; 2-3 cups during active illness symptoms.
The herb mix is loose-leaf rather than tea bags — meaning more direct contact between water and herbs, more thorough extraction, and significantly better cost-per-cup than commercial tea bags. The bag stretches across many cups of daily use through a typical cold-and-flu season. For households committed to natural immune support, this is the right kind of regular-use herbal product. Lehman’s catalog selection.
